while Roshan searched for more long-term funding. Fourteen months later Roshan raised a reported $10 million from businessmen Mort Zuckerman and Jeffrey Epstein, and secured further backing from Integrity Multimedia, a company funded by billionaire Ron Burkle. Under his leadership, Radar became one of the first print publications to include online media. After attracting 1.5 million unique visitors a month after its debut, Radaronline was cited by The Wall Street Journal as a new model for print magazines struggling to adapt to a new media environment. In May 2008, Radar was nominated for a General Excellence award by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Soon after, Radaronline was purchased by American Media. The site currently attracts 100 million unique visitors a month. In April 2011 Roshan launched TheFix.com, a daily website that is currently the leading addiction and recovery portal in the world. In 2012, he started a Los Angeles-based consultancy called Awesome Projects. which provides editorial services to companies including The New York Times'', Yahoo!, Snapchat, The Hollywood Reporter and Telepictures. In 2016 he signed on as Chief Content Officer of FourTwoNine, a national gay-focused magazine and website. References External links Maer Roshan Profile/Newsday Maer Roshan Interview/Black Table Radar Review/ Media Life Maer Roshan interview Profile/Baltimore Sun 1967 births Living people Iranian Jews Jewish American writers American male writers American LGBT writers 21st-century American Jews